Süreyya Ciliv
{{short description|Turkish American business executive|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP one source|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sureyya Ciliv
| image = Flickr - World Economic Forum - Sureyya Ciliv - World Economic Forum Turkey 2008.jpg
| caption = Sureyya Ciliv at the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia in Istanbul, 2008.
| birth_date = 1958
| birth_place = Zonguldak, Turkey
| occupation = Chairman of System Capital
Chairman of Kuika
Former CEO of Turkcell
| nationality = Turkish American
| education = Harvard Business School, MBA
University of Michigan, Computer Engineering and Industrial Engineering
METU
Ankara Fen Lisesi
}}
Sureyya Ciliv is a business executive who is currently Chairman of [http://www.systemcapital.com System Capital], [http://www.systemcapital.com System Morgan] and [http://kuika.com/ Kuika Inc]. Between 2007 and 2015, Ciliv was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Turkcell Group - the leading technology and communications company in Turkey, a NYSE listed company with 72 million subscribers in 8 countries. Previously, he held executive positions at Microsoft Corporation between 1997 and 2007. Sureyya Ciliv received the Global CEO of the Year Award at World Communication Awards in 2009.{{Cite journal|date=2009-11-26|title=Sureyya Ciliv Receives "CEO of The Year" Award at The 2009 World Communication Awards|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/156738261|journal=InPR|language=English}}
Biography
Sureyya Ciliv graduated with summa cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1981 in Industry & Operations Engineering and Computer Engineering. He went on to receive his graduate degree, MBA from Harvard Business School in 1983.{{cite web| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/15152076 |title=Sureyya Ciliv |work=Bloomberg |access-date=23 March 2020}}{{cite book| title=What we mean when we talk about leadership |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvQkCwAAQBAJ |first1=Des |last1=Dearlove |first2=Stuart |last2=Crainer |page=52 |isbn=9781909652866 |publisher=Infinite Ideas |date=2015 |access-date=23 March 2020}}
Ciliv served as the President and CEO of Novasoft Systems Inc., a company he co-founded in Boston, MA. In 1997, he was appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Turkey, and held the position for 3 years. Between 2000 and 2007, he served in various executive management positions at Microsoft Office, Global Sales, Marketing in Redmond, WA. In 2007, he was appointed as the CEO of Turkcell. Under his tenure, Turkcell was globally recognized as a leader in telecommunications and mobile services, elected as the "Most Admired Company" in Turkey seven times in 8 years.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141007011116/http://www.forbes.com/profile/sureyya-ciliv/ Forbes.com]{{Cite news|url=https://www.capital.com.tr/is-dunyasi/soylesiler/iste-turkiyenin-en-begenilen-sirketleri-052662|title=İşte Türkiye'nin en beğenilen şirketleri - Capital|work=Capital Online|access-date=2018-06-29|language=tr}}
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Category:Turkish chief executives
Category:American people of Turkish descent
Category:University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni